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From Monday 30 September 2019

Fugazi: Keep Your Eyes Open

Petrol Girls, Jake & The Jellyfish, Milk Crimes @ Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds

LIVE: Petrol Girls / Jake & The Jellyfish @ Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds

In a darkened basement, under the gaze of a stitched together flag bearing the words “no love for a nation”, Petrol Girls are calling for the start of a revolution. It is a call for a better world where people are allowed to live their lives free

Car Bomb – ‘Mordial’

What do you get if you combine the mechanical churn of Meshuggah, the transcendent groove of Deftones, and the unhinged volatility of The Dillinger Escape Plan, then add a load of machine noises and PEW PEW PEW laser sounds over the top? Well, chances are you’ll get an unlistenable

Opeth – ‘In Cauda Venenum’

Delicate isn’t often a word you get to use when talking about metal or prog – but, then again, Opeth have never been ones to stick to the norm. After thirty years and many, many lineup changes, the Swedish legends continue on relatively strong form, compared to

Sunday 29 September 2019

Melted, Le Saboteur, The Hammerbombs, Good Dog @ Haus of Gigi, Long Beach, California

There’s nothing more DIY in the world of DIY punk than a house show. Even better is a house show that the neighbours don’t mind and the cops don’t shut down. Thus, a show originally intended for a new venue that’s still working out its permitting from the city

Friday 27 September 2019

Godeater – ‘All Flesh Is Grass’

These are troubling times we live in. At least, that’s how Godeater see it. The debut album from the Glaswegian Tech Metal group is more than just an introduction to their sound – it feels like the first paragraph of an open letter to a planet being

nothing, nowhere. x Travis Barker – ‘BLOODLUST’

nothing, nowhere. has fast become a notoriously devastating artist. Thematically, there’s nothing close to being positive about his music, and yet, somehow, it’s easy to seek comfort in his words. His latest release is a collaboration with blink-182’s Travis Barker, an EP that combines catchy riffs and

Thursday 26 September 2019

First wave of Slam Dunk 2020 bands announced

Slam Dunk is back in 2020, and the first wave of acts has finally been announced! The first headliner to be revealed is Don Broco, whose Slammy D set will be their UK festival exclusive for 2020 and so is definitely not one to be missed. Broco will also be joined

Wednesday 13 – ‘Necrophaze’

Drawing from his inspiration of all things supernatural, deathly and disgusting, the self proclaimed ‘Duke of Spook’ Wednesday 13 is back with his eighth solo album ‘Necrophaze’, full of bloodthirsty horror punk anthems that are bound to keep you up at night. Following a string of forgettable releases that leaned